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UNITED STATES PATENT JAMES M. BASKET, OF LEOTA LANDING, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE- I-IALF TO CHARLES T.fWORTHINGTON, 0F SAME PLACE.

HAN D SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,643, dated February 27, 1894.

Application iiled September l, 1393. Serial No. 484.548. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. BASKET, of Leota Lauding,in the county of Washington and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Seed-Planters, of which the following is a specification.

rIhe object of my invention is to provide a simple and eiiicient hand-planter for planting corn, peas, beans, and other seeds, and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts which will now he de scribed with reference to the drawings in which- Figure lisa perspective view; Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 an inside view of the seed box.

In the drawings A represents the main This at its lower end is widened out to form a penetrating head or trowel a for forming acavity in the earth into which the seed are to be deposited. To resist wear thisy trowel end is covered with an armor of metal. The main stem is made of aconvenient length to be operated from its upper end without stooping, its upper end being formed into a handle. About three feet from the lower end the main stem is made wider, and to it is firmly at tached a seed box B adapted to hold such amount of seed as may be conveniently carried. To the side of the main stem below the seed box, and extending from the seed box to a point near the trowel-shaped end there is attached a spout or conveyer C for carrying the seed from the box to the ground without risk of being scattered by the wind. This spout is formed by simply bending a piece of sheet metal, or other dexible material, around and tacking its edges to the edges of the main stem. In the broad part of the stem, and just above the level of the bottom of the box, there is a transverse slot through which plays a feed slide D with an opening 'through it near the middle. This slide is pivotally connected by links b to the lower end of an operating lever E arranged substantially parallel to the main stem and Whose upper end is formed into a handle that extends to and terminates near the top of the handle of the main stem. Thislever is fulcrumed near the middle upon a detachable bracket b whose base is screwed or bolted to the main stem. The lower end of this lever and the attached feed slide are forced inwardly by a flat spring F, one end of which is formed into an eye c which is connected to the lever by a link d. The other end of this spring is perforated to receive the screw or bolt e that secures the fulcrum bracket, said spring being clamped and securely held by such screw or holt between the bracket and the main stem. In the bottom of the seed box is arranged longitudinally a feed slide guide and housing G made of sheet metal, one portion of which is completely covered, and the other portion of which is open on top and partly covered by a rectangular gage strip f Whose outer end is turned up. In the feed slide is formed the hole g that is in open communication with the seed box, when the slide is forced in, and forms a receptacle to receive a charge of seed. When theslide is pulled outl by the action of the lever this receptacle passes under the turned up edge of the gage strip f, and transfers its charge of seed to a position directly overa hole leading to the spout below through which they fall. To prevent spilling seed the seed box is provided with a suitable detachable cover H.

In operating this hand planter, it is grasped in the hand at the top, the hand inclosing both the handle at the top of the main stem and the seed box next to the operator. The lower end or trowel is then swung forward to an angle of about forty-five degrees and is forcibly driven into the ground; then as the workman moves forward it is tilted forward at its upper end until it reaches an upright orperpendicular position which loosens the trowel and at the same time opens the hole beside the same for the seed. At the moment the perpendicular position is attained, the hand is squeezed upon this operating lever, and a charge of seed is dropped from the seed box down the spout into the opening in the earth beside the trowel made by its lateral motion. The whole device is then lifted, and the earth, falling into the hole as the trowel is withdrawn, covers the seed and completes the planting.

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